Timothy P. Mahoney
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle (2020)
Population Controversy
THE RED SEA MIRACLE, is the first in a two-part film series by Patterns of Evidence’s award-winning filmmaker, Timothy Mahoney. In this investigation he examines the journey to the crossing location, looking at two competing views of the Red Sea Miracle. One he calls the “Egyptian Approach,” which looks near Egypt. The other he calls the “Hebrew Approach,” which looks far from Egypt to the Gulf of Aqaba where divers have been searching for the remains of Pharaoh’s army on the seafloor. The investigation raises giant questions about the real location for the crossing site and its implications on your view of God. The answers to these questions point to one of two very different realities.
Released Feb. 18, 2020
Episode 42 min
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Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - How Many Israelites Departed Egypt?
Does the biblical information favor total numbers of 20 thousand Israelites or 2 million? This question is a complicated piece of the Exodus journey. Go deeper into the arguments for the two main views that debate the true size of Israel’s population.
S4E2 - How Long to Reach a Population of Millions?
A common argument against the Israelite population reaching millions by the Exodus is that
they did not have enough time in Egypt to make that feasible. Could they have gotten to millions
within 4 centuries - what about in 2 centuries or in 4 generations?
S4E3 - The Israelite Multiplication Challenge
If the Israelite population continued to multiply at the same rate that led to millions while in Egypt, what would happen in future generations? Would these ballooning numbers be a valid reason to reject the idea of millions by the time of the Exodus?
S4E4 - The Canaan Challenge to Large Numbers
Before the Conquest the Bible says that the Israelite population was smaller than the nations that lived in Canaan. How many people lived in Canaan at the time, and what does this mean for the idea that there were millions of Israelites?
S4E5 - The Egypt Challenge to Large Numbers
If there were really 3 million or more Israelites by the time of the Exodus, the size of their population may have rivaled that of Egypt. See the opposing arguments for why that would - or would not - be believable and fit the Bible’s descriptions.
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 511 min.
Released: Feb. 18, 2020
Last Air Date: Feb. 25, 2020, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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